House in next week, then gone through election

By Kate Nocera

09/14/12 01:09 PM EDT

Get ready to say "adios" to the House.

Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Friday that the House would not hold scheduled votes the first week in October, pending the Senate vote on the continuing resolution. That means the House won't be in session again until after the election; the next House votes are scheduled for Nov. 13.

The House will only be in for three days next week; Wednesday through Friday. Likewise, the Senate is expected to cancel its October session after it passes the CR.

“With the Senate’s expected passage of the continuing resolution, we no longer anticipate votes in the House in the week of Oct. 1,” Cantor said on the floor, following Friday’s vote series. “This is a change from the original House calendar.”

Though it was widely expected leadership would cancel the October workweek, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer took the opportunity to mention work he’d like to see Congress do before the election.

“There’s been a lot of talk about the work that has not been done: we have not done the jobs bill I have been urging us to consider, we have not addressed the middle class tax cut in a way that both sides agree,” Hoyer said.

He also ticked off a number of other items he said the House should address: the farm bill, the Violence Against Women Act, sequestration, postal reform and the fiscal cliff.